TIM FRANKLIN TRIBUTE PAGE

Tim Franklin, the founder of Radar Promotions Australia, passed away in 2015. Tim's wish was for Radar Promotions Australia to carry on "business as usual" and who better than Rikki Pascoe who worked alongside Tim from 2002. Rikki's mission is to ensure that Radar continues to thrive and provide the best service to our clients.

A tribute to Tim. Tim was a well-known identity in Tasmania and his beaming, bespectacled face was a regular sight on television advertisements and at charity functions.

Educated at St Peters College in Adelaide, Tim began a career in radio and then television in 1975. He started playing the drums in 1968, which in later years led to him performing with some of Australia’s top rock ’n roll bands.

On-air experience led to work as a breakfast announcer at Radio 6KY in Perth, on to 2KO in Newcastle and 4BC in Brisbane.

He was thrilled to be invited to DJ at Studio 54 in New York, which was the world’s number one night club at that time. The Studio 54 contract would have been extended had a Green Card been issued to Tim, which was near impossible at that time!

On his return to Australia, Tim moved to Hobart Radio 7HT where he won five Count Down Rock Awards.

Establishing Radar Promotions Australia in 1990 was a dream come true. His passion for all aspects of media promotion has been shared with more than 450 clients.

Tim's Achievements

Nominated for Tasmanian of the Year
Winner of five Tasmanian Tourism Awards – Media
Voted Tasmania’s Best Small Business – Finalist in National Awards
Winner Australian Marketing Institute Awards – Gold Communications Award
While at Radio 7HT as Promotions & Marketing Manager – best radio station promotion for Australia (great Australian Home Giveaway with the help of legendary Torville and Dean as patrons)
Two Television Logie Awards ̵ Tasmania, Most Popular Television Personality
Radio 7HT – five Countdown Rock Awards. Whilst in Brisbane, Queensland, awarded 1982 Countdown Rock Award (No 4) at 4BC after only six months. (This is a first in Australian history for a radio announcer to win a Rock Award after leaving part way through the year). Also co-hosted “Good Morning Brisbane” on the Channel 0-10 Network. Most Countdown Rock Awards ever won by a DJ in Australian History along with Greg Evans
Twelve month stint at Studio 54 in New York
Variety Club – Board member for eight years and Chairman of Gold Heart Day for five years
Chosen in 2001 to be a business mentor for Mentor Resources Tasmania (past 8 years)
Current client base nationally and locally ̵ 553 businesses and charities
Proud Board Member of the Cancer Council Committee
Very proud to be a part of Cardiac Arrest Day in 2010 helping to raise funds for the National Heart Foundation to the tune of $35,000
Proud to be the leading organisation in supporting lesser-known charities and non-profit organisations both in Tasmania and around Australia, with free high exposure television airtime.

More about Tim

Escape from shark attack

If Tim Franklin hadn’t made a miraculous escape from the jaws of a white pointer shark in South Australia in 1971, he might never have found his way to Tasmania.

Just 15 years old, Tim was surfing at Southport in South Australia when the predator sank its teeth into his thigh. A friend dragged him ashore and applied a tourniquet to his leg before he was rushed to hospital.

Tim still bears the scars from the ordeal, which resulted in 262 stitches and the loss of one-third of the muscle in his leg.

The story of the attack made front-page news in the local newspaper, The Advertiser.

An avid collector

Excerpt from an article in The Mercury newspaper on 18 April, 2007

(read full article – pdf 300kb)

At Tim Franklin’s inner-city Hobart home and office, framed newspaper clippings are among the many items on display which are great talking points for visitors and clients.

As well as newspaper clippings and charity certificates – from various organisations, the walls boast countless caricatures and posters and other mostly music-based memorabilia.

Shelves and coffee tables brim with trophies and trinkets collected during his many years of travel around the world as a DJ. He has worked in New York nightclub Studio 54 and interviewed some of the world’s best known entertainers, including Elton John, Meatloaf and Michael Jackson. He even has ornamental guitars which were a gift from Jon Bon Jovi.

Throughout his home are hand-made character teddy bears sporting different outfits and poses. The collection is now 140-strong and still growing.

He also has a collection of panama hats, over 105 watches and more than 40 pairs of glasses.

But his main love in life – apart from his black labradoodle appropriately named Radar Junior – is DVDs.

Thousands of discs fill floor-to-ceiling shelving in the lounge room (nicknamed The Batcave), with hundreds more VHS videos filling another set of shelves. He buys around 10 new DVDs a week to add to his collection.

Tim is quickly running out of space to store his various collections but, having lived in the inner-city cottage for almost two decades, he would be reluctant to leave.

7pm Project

Tim is a hit on Facebook

A blast from the past

Listen to Tim Franklin on 7HT in another lifetime.

Yes, Tim, amazing memories – you brought so many people so much happiness and I still seem to have a constant sound track playing in my head from those years ... just wanted you to know how much it all meant to me. Thanks, Tim

Message received from Angelea G., 28 Jan 2010

Top Gun Tasmania

Joint partnership venture between Radar Promotions Australia and Top Gun Tasmania – it is the ride of a lifetime.

Tim Franklin in a Top Gun Tasmania jet

Top Gun Tasmania is Australia’s premier adventure flight company utilising two fantastic military jets. Operating from Hobart International Airport, it’s safe, it’s fun and, I can assure you from first-hand experience, it is the ultimate ride. I’ve done it, I will never forget it and I can’t wait to do it again.

Visit the Top Gun Tasmania website